Author Archives: Marya E. Gates
Movie Quote of the Day – Belle, 2014 (dir. Amma Asante)
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Elizabeth said something when we arrived in London. “We women are but the property of gentlemen.” But it came into my head that I have been blessed with freedom twice over. As a negro and as a woman.
John Davinier: I suppose you have.
Dido Elizabeth Belle: Or have I? Must not a lady marry even if she is financially secure? For who is she without a husband of consequence? It seems silly – like a free negro who begs for a master.
John Davinier: Well…unless… she marries her equal. Her true equal. A man who respects her.
Movie Quote of the Day – I Will Follow, 2010 (dir. Ava DuVernay)
Maye: My aunt Amanda actually got me hooked on makeup, especially eye makeup. . .lashes, liner, mascara, the whole nine. She said that if your eye makeup looked great you’d always be happy ’cause you’d never want to cry and mess up all that hard work you did. Good one, huh?
Movie Quote of the Day – Cristo Rey, 2013 (dir. Leticia Tonos)
Janvier: Life isn’t fair. You don’t deserve this.
Laurence: Life is fair. Men aren’t good.
Movie Quote of the Day – Hanging Up, 2000 (dir. Diane Keaton)
Pat: Let me think how to put this. Motherhood doesn’t turn out to be a reason.
Eve: For what?
Pat: What I mean is, I’m not one of those women who needed to be a mother. When I was growing up, all the girls wanted to be, so I thought I did too. But it didn’t take. Just being honest.
Eve: Well. . .Thank you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Desert Hearts, 1986 (dir. Donna Deitch)
Vivian: Come with me. Ride with me to the next station.
Cay: What are we gonna get settled in 40 minutes?
Vivian: I’ll talk fast.
Cay: Send me a postcard when you get there. What is it you want?
Vivian: Another 40 minutes with you.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Lifeguard, 2013 (dir. Liz W. Garcia)
John: You can’t drink though.
Mel: One glass of red wine is fine! Honestly, how else would French women get pregnant?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Guilt Trip, 2012 (dir. Anne Fletcher)
Joyce: I read that for every glass of alcohol that you drink, you need an extra glass of water…
Andy: Ma. Ma! Can you not see that I don’t want to talk right now? Are you… Are you blind? How idiotic can you be? Can you not tell that I don’t want any water? Enough with the nagging and the water! Just shut up! Just shut up!
Joyce: I don’t know what to say.
Andy: Finally.
Joyce: “Finally”, you said? You little shit. Mmm! You condescending, self-absorbed little shit. I can’t do anything right by you, can I, Andy? Everything I say is wrong, everything I do is wrong. Go ahead. Why don’t you keep insulting me? ‘Cause you haven’t made it quite clear just how much you can’t stand being with me! What do you think, I’m stupid? You think I’m stupid? No. You think I don’t know that you went to school in California so that you’d only have to see me once a year? Why, Andy? Why? What did I do wrong? What did I do? Did I care for you too much? Did I love you too much? What did I do?
Andy: Okay, Ma.
Joyce: It’s not okay! This is the way you talk to me? Like I’m some thing that has to be tolerated? Well, let me tell you something, kiddo. You don’t have to like me, or spend time with me. But as long as I’m your mother, you will treat me with respect. Now drink your fucking water before you drop dead from dehydration!
Movie Quote of the Day – Efter brylluppet (After The Wedding), 2006 (dir. Susanne Bier)
Jørgen Lennart Hannson: Every acquaintance, every friend, every person who has a place in your heart—it is the time with them that really means something. Nothing else matters.
Movie Quote of the Day – In A World. . . , 2013 (dir. Lake Bell)
Dani: I’m not going to have an argument about whether we’re having a goddamn argument or not, right?
Moe: That’s the only kind of argument I know how to have.
Movie Quote of the Day – Variety, 1983 (dir. Bette Gordon)
Nan: Things are either weird or they’re normal. And if they’re normal, they tend to get boring.
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